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Obama Targets Employment During Va. Visit

 
MARTINSVILLE, Va., Aug. 20 -- Sen. Barack Obama began a two-day swing through Virginia Wednesday with an invitation-only town hall meeting featuring workers who lost factory jobs here in the state's economically distressed Southside. (link)

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